Resolution Number: 2015-A025
Title: Authorize Ministries for At-Risk Teens
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 78th General Convention authorize establishment of a rapid response to Episcopal Ministries that are engaged in intervention to prevent an ongoing crisis in communities such as teen pregnancies, gang violence, school drop-outs, (LGBT) suicides; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council’s Committee on Indigenous Ministry’s Subcommittee on Adolescent Ministries develop and administer a support system and financial resources that the Church can provide to these local communities (for example, asset-based community development); and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention request that the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance consider a budget allocation of $54,000 ($18,000 per year) for the triennium for the implementation of this resolution.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), p. 278.

Legislative History

Author: Executive Council Committee on Indigenous Ministries
Originating House: House of Deputies
Originating Committee: Social Justice and United States Policy

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #3 on Resolution A025 (Support Native American Ministries Engaging At-Risk Teens) and moved adoption with amendment.

Original Text of Resolution:

(A025)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 78th General Convention authorize establishment of a rapid response to Episcopal Ministries that are engaged in intervention to prevent an ongoing crisis in communities such as teen pregnancies, gang violence, school drop-outs, (LGBT) suicides; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council’s Committee on Indigenous Ministry’s Subcommittee on Adolescent Ministries develop and administer a support system and financial resources that the Church can provide to these local communities; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention request that the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance consider a budget allocation for the triennium for the implementation of this resolution.

Committee Amendment:

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 78th General Convention authorize establishment of a rapid response to Episcopal Ministries that are engaged in intervention to prevent an ongoing crisis in communities such as teen pregnancies, gang violence, school drop-outs, (LGBT) suicides; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council’s Committee on Indigenous Ministry’s Subcommittee on Adolescent Ministries develop and administer a support system and financial resources that the Church can provide to these local communities (for example, asset-based community development); and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention request that the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance consider a budget allocation of $54,000 ($18,000 per year) for the triennium for the implementation of this resolution.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #33)

House of Bishops

The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #5 on HD Message #33 on Resolution A025 (Support Native American Ministries Engaging At-Risk Teens) and moved concurrence.

Motion carried

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #98)

Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, June 29.

Report Reference:   Executive Council: Committee on Indigenous Ministries, Reports to the 78th General Convention, 2015, pp. 179-183.
Abstract:   The 78th General Convention authorizes the establishment of rapid response to ministries that intervene for at-risk teens, especially with adolescents in indigenous communities.